Author's notes: This story takes place within a few weeks of the end of the Yuuzhan Vong War. It is the sixth Star Wars story I have written, and is not a sequel to any of the others. It is sort of a prequel to Jedi Tahiri in Bondage and Alema Rar Visits Hapes. I hope you read all of my stories anyway, and enjoy them. Please leave me feedback, public or via email. ahandcuffgirl at yahoo dot com)

The
Yuuzhan Vong War is over. The young Queen Mother of the Hapes
Consortium, Jedi Knight Tenel Ka Djo, has led her people through the
war. The Hapan people's memories are short, however. Soon
afterwards, their long-standing hatred of the Jedi rises to the
surface again. The Queen exacerbates the situation by attempting to
introduce unpopular policies, like equality for men and non-humans,
to the Consortium.

However,
the young Queen has realized at least some of her foolish mistakes,
and wants to make amends. That's how Jedi Knight Tenel Ka Djo, Queen
Mother of the Hapes Consortium, learned of the complete set of Hapan
Crown Jewels.

It
all started after the Queen made a public speech, and for the third
time in a row, was met with boos, and widespread apathy. Her latest
polls showed that she had a job approval rating of less than
thirty-five percent! The unhappy Queen immediately called her most
trusted advisors to a meeting, and then proceeded to keep us there
for hours.

“I
led them through the war!” the Queen shouted from the head of
the table. “They would all be yorik-coral-implanted slaves, or
dead if it wasn't for me!”

We
all looked at each other in joined misery. How many times had we had
to listen similar complaints? No ruler has ever been popular while
trying to change a society. We gave her the same advice we had been
giving her.

“Be
less of a Jedi and outsider, and more Hapan.”

“Stop
wearing that Dathomir lizard-hide and dress more like a Hapan Queen.”

“Don't
try for immediate equality for men and non-humans, work on it in
stages.”

The
Ducha that gave last bit of advice got some hard looks from the rest
of us. No intelligent Hapan woman really wants men to have equality.
Give them equality and then they'd think they were as important as
women!

This
time though, the Queen seemed to seriously consider our advice. At
least about being more of a Hapan.

Luckily,
we knew of a way for the Queen to prove to her people that she had
fully embraced the Hapan customs.

“Your
Majesty, you could begin making public speeches wearing the Hapan
Crown Jewels,” we explained to her. “That would greatly
increase your popularity.” And as a bonus, convince you to
drop those silly notions of equality for men.

After
we explained to her that the crown she had been wearing was only part
of the Crown Jewels, the Queen demanded to know why she hadn't been
told about this by us, or her mother.

This
part was tricky. Throughout the history of the Consortium, less than
half of the Queen Mothers had worn the complete Crown Jewels. Most
of the Queen Mothers only wore the crown itself. Of the half that
did wear the complete set, most of them only wore it once or twice
their entire reign.

Well,
there were a few who seemed to appear in the Crown Jewels practically
every week, but Tenel Ka Djo was a trained Jedi Knight, so we were
sure she wouldn't be like that. Just a few public appearances would
increase her popularity. Then perhaps once a year or so for a few
years after that to remind her people how dedicated she is to the
Hapan way of life.

The
reason that the current Queen Mother hadn't been told about the Crown
Jewels from her mother was simply that her mother hadn't been told
about them herself. The elder Queen, a foreigner who married the
Crown Prince Isolder, never showed any desire to embrace the Hapan
culture, so was never informed of one of the Consortium's most
important customs.

Since
Tenel Ka was interested, we were happy to explain to her the
significance of the Hapan Crown Jewels.

The
Crown Jewels serve to remind all Hapans of first group of Humans that
colonized the Hapes Cluster, the Lorell Raiders. The mostly male
pirate group kidnapped women, kept them in shackles, and generally
did dreadful things to them, at least at first. Eventually the
kidnapped women and their captors formed a bond, and when the Jedi
ambushed the Raiders and wiped them out, the women of Hapes formed
their own government, led by themselves of course.

We
happily escorted the Queen to the Royal vaults, where the Crown
Jewels were kept. Of course she had been to the vaults a few times,
but amongst all the other treasures of the Consortium, the Crown
Jewels were easy to miss. In fact, they were in a display case,
which was hidden in a stack of identical display cases.

As
the Ducha responsible for the vaults, I of course knew exactly which
display case. It took two of us to lift the heavy case. Together,
we carefully pulled it out so the Queen could see the complete set of
Hapan Crown Jewels for the first time.

* * * * *

“Hey,
those are slave shackles!” Tenel Ka announced in puzzlement
when she saw the supposed Crown Jewels.

“Well,
not quite, Your Majesty,” Ducha Mai'ggi replied. “These
are hand forged, from Mandalorian beskar ore,” she explained,
wondering if she even knew what beskar was.

“What's
belskar ore?” the Queen asked as she gazed at the gleaming, gem
encrusted Crown Jewels.

Ducha
Mai'ggi smiled slightly before responding. “Beskar,” she
corrected her Queen politely. “It is only found on the planet
Mandalore of course. However, the Mandalorians haven't exported it
for several thousand years. The beskar you see before you was traded
for by the Lorell Raiders. It is nearly as valuable as the larger
rainbow gems in your crown, Your Majesty.”

Tenel
Ka licked her lips as she kept gazing at the Crown Jewels. The
attendants that accompanied her to the Royal vaults were her most
trusted allies. She sensed that they all believed what they had told
her of the Crown Jewels. The thought of wearing the shackles—Crown
Jewels—was very arousing. As Queen Mother, she had so few
opportunities to practice bondage. There was always one crisis or
another, or an assassination attempt.

“Alright,
I'll do it,” she announced after a few moments consideration.

The
Queen could sense their anticipation as they carefully removed the
shackles from the display case. She reminded herself to make sure
that she called them 'Crown Jewels' and not shackles in public.

First,
the ankle shackles, two seven-centimeter-wide,
fifteen-millimeter-thick circles of beskar, went around her ankles,
and over her thin boots. A forty-centimeter beskar chain connected
them. Tenel Ka hadn't measured them to know their dimensions so
precisely; one of her advisors had simply handed her a datacard when
she asked about them.

Another
chain ran from the center link of the ankle chain to a hinged belt
that was locked around Tenel Ka's waist. The belt was also
seven-centimeters wide, and fifteen millimeters thick. According to
the datapad, there were a few different sized sections that could be
added to the belt, to fit monarchs with curvier figures.

Attached
to each side of the belt, right at the front of her hips, was a
fifteen-centimeter chain, just long enough for the Queen to sign a
Royal decree, or do other simple tasks. At the end of each chain was
a beskar shackle, the same width and thickness as the ankle shackles
and belt, for the Queen's wrists.

One
of the Ducha gently took Tenel Ka's right hand and shut the shackle
around her wrist. Her lightsaber was hanging just under the belt,
within easy reach of her cuffed hand. Then the noblewomen noticed
they had a small problem.

Tenel
Ka had already realized the issue, but really didn't consider it a
problem. Her lack of a left arm had become second nature to her long
ago.

After
some discussion, mostly centered around not wanting the high polished
beskar to get damaged, they decided to close the empty shackle, and
lock it to the belt. This would also keep the shackle from 'flopping
around' as one Ducha put it, and look much neater on the Queen.

From
the middle of the belt another chain went up to a beskar collar, the
same width and thickness as the wrist and ankle shackles.

The
Queen held her head high as one of her attendants lifted her hair out
of the way. Then Lady Galney, one of her most trusted aides, locked
the collar around her throat.

Tenel
Ka felt more than a little aroused at being shackled, especially in
front of her advisors. The beskar shackles were surprisingly light,
considering their size. She took a few steps, to practice walking in
the chains.

As
her advisors watched, Tenel Ka shuffled around the room in the
shackles. Several times they asked if she was ready for them to
release her, and she declined. After nearly half-an-hour though,
Tenel Ka relented, and allowed them to take the Crown Jewels off her.

“I
want to wear them in public as soon as possible,” Tenel Ka
informed the noblewomen as they carefully placed them back in the
display case. She already missed the cold beskar around her neck and
wrist.

“You'll
need to wear them for a few days first, Your Majesty,” someone
suggested. “To get used to walking and moving around while
wearing them.”

Her
other advisors all nodded their heads in agreement. Tenel Ka was
just as enthusiastic about wearing them as they were. Then they told
her that the actual Crown Jewels could only be worn the day of her
public appearance, but there was a reproduction set that she could
wear as much as she wanted.

* * * * *

The
reproduction shackles, made of durasteel, weren't kept in the Royal
vaults. While two of her attendants went off to fetch them, Tenel Ka
and the rest went back to her throne room.

While
she was waiting for the 'practice' shackles, Tenel Ka ordered her
security detail increased, even though all of her advisors, backed up
by the Hapan customs she had recently discovered, said that no one
could harm the Queen Mother while she wore the Crown Jewels, or the
reproduction set.

Before
her two attendants arrived with the shackles, the others insisted
that Tenel Ka change out of her Dathomir lizard-hide, and into
something a little more 'Hapan.'

Reluctantly,
Tenel Ka agreed. She dismissed all her attendants, except for Lady
Galney and Ducha Mi'riam. While Tenel Ka peeled off her lizard-hide
bodysuit, Lady Galney went into the Royal closet, and returned with
some things that Tenel Ka had forgotten were there.

First
were the tiny pink Selab moth-fiber panties, with a matching bra.
Next came the pink stockings, and pink garter belt. When she had
accepted the Hapan Crown, Tenel Ka had allowed them to dress her like
this once. Then she had gone back to her favored lizard-hides.

After
the stockings and garter belt were adjusted, Lady Galney produced a
pair of strappy pink sandals with at least fifteen-centimeters of
heel on them. It wasn't that Tenel Ka hadn't worn heels this high
before, it was just that she hadn't worn stilettos this high before.

About
this time the reproduction Crown Jewels arrived. It was common
practice for Tenel Ka's closest advisors to see her naked, as they
often helped her dress. Instead of allowing Ducha Mi'riam and Lady
Galney to put her in the Selab moth-fiber dress that went with the
underthings, Tenel Ka insisted on being locked in the shackles.

Tenel
Ka hoped they didn't notice the wet spot on the front of her panties
as they shackled her. Well, at least she mostly hoped they didn't.
A small part of her hoped they did, which made her even
hornier. Their smirks told Tenel Ka that they had noticed.

After
Lady Galney closed the collar around the Queen's neck, they relaxed
on her pouf couches while she practiced walking around her Royal
Chambers in the shackles.

With
the stiletto heels and ankle shackles, Tenel Ka was constricted to
short, mincing steps. The practice shackles were made out of
durasteel, which was heavier than beskar. It took Tenel Ka a few
minutes to get used to the extra weight.

Her
advisors kept commenting on how great, and Hapan, she looked
in the shackles and fine undies. They also remarked several times
that she seemed to be much happier in the silk and durasteel than in
the lizard-hide. Tenel Ka was concentrating so much on the simple
task of walking that she barely registered them.

After
nearly twenty minutes, Tenel Ka decided that she had had enough for
now. In reality, she thought she was getting a little too
aroused by the shackles. Her advisors on the other hand, insisted
that she needed much more practice before she could appear in public
wearing the Crown Jewels.

Since
she really didn't want to take off the shackles anyway, The Queen
quickly agreed. She was confused when they unlocked the collar,
wrist shackle and belt. Then they dressed her in a pink,
loose-fitting dress that displayed plenty of cleavage, and came to a
little below mid-thigh. Tenel Ka was still confused as they locked
the shackles back on her.

Ducha
Mi'riam happily informed the puzzled Queen that they were going to
take her on a tour of the palace in her new chains. When Tenel Ka
expressed her wariness at being seen in the shackles, Lady Galney
explained to her that her entire staff would realize the significance
of the shackles, and be extremely happy that she was embracing her
Hapan heritage.

Just
before they reached the open doorway, Ducha Mi'riam reached up and
snapped a leash onto the Queen's collar. Tenel Ka barely had time to
utter a protest before she felt a tug from the leash, and had to
follow. Her other advisors kept her distracted by heaping praise on
her for being so courageous and Hapan.

True
to Lady Galney's word, Tenel Ka's bodyguards and palace staff were
very enthusiastic about their Queen shuffling around wearing the
shackles. Many complimented her on how great she looked. A couple
of her male bodyguards punctuated their statements of appreciation
with slaps on her ass, something she never would have tolerated
before.

Today
though, the slaps, and pinch, only served to arouse Tenel Ka even
more. She tried to see if the wet spot on her panties had soaked
through the front of her pink dress, but the durasteel collar
wouldn't let her look down far enough.

Ducha
Mi'riam kept up a brisk pace—at least to a certain shackled and
high-heel-wearing Queen. Tenel Ka had to struggle just to keep from
falling. The stairs were especially dangerous. Luckily her
bodyguards were there to carry her, although she didn’t think
they had to grab such intimate places.

Since
she didn't have to shuffle along, Tenel Ka was able to finally take
note of her surroundings. That's how she noticed exactly where they
were going.

“Why
are we going to the dungeon?” she asked, reaching to sense any
danger through the Force. Around that point, she had also realized
that she had left her lightsaber in her chambers, far away from where
she was now.

“To
tour them, of course!” Lady Galney exclaimed with glee.

“But
I've already been to the dungeons,” Tenel Ka explained as they
carried her down the stone stairway. Actually, she had visited
several times but she didn't think they knew just how many.

“We
promise, this time, it will be a completely new experience for you,”
Lady Galney proclaimed as the reached the heavy durasteel doors of
the dungeons.

First
was the large, open shower room, with rough stone walls. It didn't
look quite big enough for fifty newly-captured slaves, but there were
that many sets of manacles hanging from the ceiling. Tenel Ka
shivered as she imagined them room packed with naked, helpless
slavegirls.

Her
advisors explained how the freshly caught slaves were stripped naked,
often by having their clothes cut right off them. Then the Lorell
Raiders would leave them chained there, most of them on their
tippy-toes, while they fondled and generally molested them helpless
slaves.

It
didn't matter who the women had been before they were captured.
Whether they had been stow-aways or super-rich private yacht owners,
they were all naked and shackled side-by-side.

Ducha
Mi'riam told her that while the naked and nubile slaves where
shackled in place, the Lorell Raiders also had to search them for
contraband. “Of course, four thousand years ago they didn't
have all the fancy scanners that we have today, they had to perform a
more 'hands-on' search,” the Ducha said as she smirked at her
shackled Queen.

Tenel
Ka blushed as she imagined some poor slave hanging there in fear
while some pirate shoved his fingers up her cunt.

“You
hiding anything in there, Your Majesty?” one of her guards
whispered into her ear as he lifted the already to short hem of her
dress a few centimeters.

“No!”
Tenel Ka replied in shock as she tried to slap his hand away.

Wisely
though, he had approached her from her left side, and by the time her
shackled right hand made it to the end of its chain, he had gotten
out of the way. Intellectually, she knew that she could, and should,
chastise him for the outrageous act, but emotionally, she didn't have
it in her.

Her
entire escort chuckled at his joke, and at her embarrassed reaction.
Then Lady Galney pointed out the high-pressure hoses at the front of
the room.

After
they were thoroughly searched, each row of slaves would be hosed down
by the Raiders. Of course, since they didn't really care about the
slaves' comfort at this point, and didn't want to spend any credits
they didn't have to, the water was icy-cold, straight from the
spring, deep underneath the palace.

The
refresher in the Royal chambers had six massaging shower heads.
There were shelves loaded with fragrant soaps, bath oils, and skin
conditioners, even if she rarely used them. She did enjoy the
jacuzzi tub though. It was big enough for four, and quite relaxing
after a hard workout, or long day. Tenel Ka shivered as she imagined
being helplessly shackled in place while one of the high-pressure
hoses shot icy-cold water at her.

The
next stop on the tour was the holding cells. There were a hundred or
so cells, each about two meters wide, and three long. A narrow stack
of bunks, four high, were bolted to each side and the back wall. A
raised platform in a front corner with a small hole in the center
served as the refresher.

“Want
to take a nap?” one of her advisors asked conspiratorially when
she noticed Tenel Ka staring at the small bunks. “All the
slaves had to sleep shackled, no reason our Queen can't too?”
she added with a smile.

“And
Your Majesty, I'll stay up all night to watch you—I mean to
keep watch,” one of her guards offered with a leer.

Have
they always been this perverted? Tenel Ka wondered, about her
guards and advisors alike. “Maybe another time,” she
said after a few moments of—half-serious—thought.

The
next stop on the tour was the auction block, where the Raiders bid on
the captured slaves that they didn't ransom. The actual auction
block consisted of a duracrete platform about seventy centimeters
high, three meters wide and two meters deep. A thick chain hung down
from the ceiling, stopping a little over two meters from the
platform.

Tenel
Ka knew from previous visits that there were steps on either side of
the block. Then, she had wondered why the steps were so shallow.
Now, as she ascended them, Tenel Ka realized that they were built
especially for slaves to walk up and down while shackled.

Only
after Lady Galney and one of her bodyguards escorted her to the
middle of the platform did Tenel Ka wonder why she let them get her
up here at all. Usually when she was higher than everyone else in
the room she was either giving a speech or sitting on her throne,
both of which made her feel even more powerful and in control. Now
she felt like she was on display—like a freshly captured
slavegirl for sale!

Lady
Galney explained how the slaves were guided over the large snap-hook
in the middle of the duracrete, just where Tenel Ka was standing now.
Her guard held her leash, silently keeping her in place. Lady
Galney nodded towards Ducha Mi'riam, who was standing behind a
control panel, and the hook snapped closed, catching Tenel Ka's ankle
chain. With the high-heels on, she was barely able to lift her feet
at all.

Lady
Galney nodded to Ducha Mi'riam again, and the chain hanging from the
ceiling began to descend. Then Tenel Ka saw her guard hand her leash
to Lady Galney. The ceiling chain had a snap-hook on the end, which
Lady Galney used to attach it to the leash. Another nod towards the
Ducha, and Tenel Ka felt the chain, and her leash, being pulled back
up.

When
the chain stopped, it was taut, but not quite cutting off the Queen's
air.

“Now,
Your Majesty is ready to be auctioned off to the highest bidder,”
Lady Galney said to Tenel Ka, and the others. Before the Queen could
respond, she added, “Of course, the Queen should really be
naked before she is auctioned off.”

Now
Tenel Ka blushed. Then to her horror, Lady Galney produced a small
vibroshiv.

“How
about it, Your Majesty? I'll cut that cute little dress off you, and
we'll see which one of your guards is willing to pay the most for his
Queen?” Lady Galney asked as she thumbed the blade on.

Tenel
Ka couldn't believe how turned on she was by all this. In an
abstract way, the thought of being stripped and auctioned off made
her positively drip with arousal. Lady Galney standing there with
the vibroshiv made it even worse!

Tenel
Ka knew that unlike the tight, tough lizard-hide she usually wore,
the thin moth-fiber dress would shred at the slightest contact with
the blade. Would she really strip her Queen naked in front of the
Royal guardsmen?

“No-No
way,” Tenel Ka replied, trying to hide how aroused she was.

“Well,
I guess it's back to the Royal chambers then,” Lady Galney
said, smiling as she shut off the vibroshiv and tucked it back into
her belt. The guards, on the other hand, were obviously
disappointed.

They
all wanted to help the Queen down from the auction block. Of course
they all couldn't help at the same time, even if they tried to.
Tenel Ka had to bite her lip when one of their fingers slipped into
her wet snatch. Her attendants were no help, they just snickered as
the guards groped and molested her while she squirmed in her shackles
and chains.

* * * * *

The
group finally made it back to the Royal chambers. The guards
continued to make up for not seeing their Queen naked on the auction
block by repeatedly finding opportunities to grab or slap various
parts of her during the entire trip. She knew that she could have
stopped them with a forceful word or two—or the Force—any
time, but didn't trust herself to open her mouth without moaning in
pleasure.

Tenel
Ka sighed in relief as her last guard filed out of her chambers.
Still, she vaguely wondered what it would have been like to have been
stripped naked and auctioned off to them. Or if they would have
carried her to their barracks for the night. She was still clenching
her legs together from the excitement.

Lady
Galney and Ducha Mi'riam lounged on Tenel Ka's pouf couches while she
spent the next half-hour or so walking around her chambers in the
shackles. They even challenged their Queen to see how fast she could
run in them—which even for a Jedi, wasn't very fast at all.

Eventually
Tenel Ka's feet began aching in the high heels, so she plopped down
on her couch next to Lady Galney. Her two attendants kept telling
her how great she looked in the dress and shackles, and how much
everyone would love her when she appeared wearing the Crown Jewels.

Tenel
Ka didn't mind wearing the shackles at all. In fact, she was
listening to Ducha Mi'riam and Lady Galney so she wouldn't have to
take the durasteel off just yet. When Tenel Ka finally asked them to
take the shackles off her so she could go to bed, the two exchanged a
glance, then Ducha Mi'riam asked if she wanted to wear them to bed,
to really get used to them.

Only
the thought of them realizing just how much she liked the shackles
kept Tenel Ka from happily shouting “Yes!” in reply.
Instead she pretended to hesitate a few moments, then with an air of
reluctance, replied, “Well, if you think it will help.”

The
two noblewomen wasted no time in getting the shackles and pink dress
off their Queen. Ducha Mi'riam even accompanied her into the
'fresher, and helped Tenel Ka get ready for bed. Tenel Ka was a bit
annoyed by that—she had hoped to spend a few extra minutes
trying to calm down from being aroused all day. Once they came out
of the 'fresher, and back into the main room, Lady Galney and Ducha
Mi'riam helped Tenel Ka into her bed clothes.

Usually
Tenel Ka slept in a simple pair of lizard-hide panties. Tonight she
wore a fresh pair of Selab moth-fiber panties, in lavender. Over
that was a matching diaphanous baby doll nightie. The baby doll was
held in place with string just underneath her breasts; it was split
from just below the string, all the way to the hem, which barely came
past the panties.

The
reason for the open nightie was quickly obvious. Ducha Mi'riam
lifted the nightie out of the way so she could wrap the durasteel
belt around the Queen's waist. After that the two noblewomen fitted
their Queen with the rest of the shackles, and helped her climb into
bed.

Once
she was settled in comfortably, Lady Galney picked up the leash and
locked it onto the D-ring at the front of Tenel Ka's collar. Then
she quickly locked the other end to the Queen's bedpost.

“We'll
be back in the morning to get you up, Your Majesty,” Ducha
Mi'riam told her.

Tenel
Ka looked at the leash locked to her bedpost, wondering if she could
unlock it with the Force.

“And
we'll make sure the guards know not to disturb you while you're
shackled, either, Your Majesty,” Lady Galney added with a smile
as the two backed towards the door.

“Hey!
Why did you chain me to the bed?” Tenel Ka asked before they
made it out of her chambers.

The
two noblewomen exchanged a glance, then Ducha Mi'riam answered, “It's
part of the tradition, Your Majesty.”

The
Jedi sensed that even though Ducha Mi'riam wasn't quite telling the
truth, there wasn't any danger in her being chained to the bed. She
also didn't sense any danger from either of her attendants, or from
anywhere else. “Oh, okay then. You can go,” she replied
politely, now wanting to be alone.

“Of
course, Your Majesty,” Lady Galney replied as the two turned
and walked out of the Royal chambers.

Tenel
Ka was surprised how easy it was to get comfortable in the shackles.
Sure, the soft, warm bed helped. Tenel Ka imagined trying to sleep
on the cold hard bunks in the dungeon. It's nice to be the Queen,
she thought as she brushed a finger over her still moist labia. As
tired as she was from walking most of the day in the heavy shackles,
Tenel Ka had to masturbate before she went to bed.

As
a young Hapan princess, there was always a throng of gorgeous hunks
vying for Tenel Ka's attention. Of course, her parents tried to keep
them all away from their only daughter, but still, Tenel Ka didn't
have to masturbate very often. When she finally accepted the crown,
she was able to pick her lovers as she pleased, including that sexy
piece of man meat, Jacen Solo.

Still,
every now and then, Tenel Ka had to take care of herself. She had a
nice little vibrator in the drawer of her nightstand, less then arms
length away. At least it would be if her wrist wasn't shackled to
her waist.

Luckily
for Tenel Ka, besides being the Queen, she was also a Jedi.

After
a couple of deft Force maneuvers, Tenel Ka had her favorite vibrator
in her shackled hand. The tiny moth-fiber panties didn't get in the
way at all.

Usually
Tenel Ka washed herself and her toy off in the 'fresher. Since she
was securely shackled, tonight she had to lick the vibrator clean.
That proved to be a little difficult with short chain between her
waist and wrist, but she managed. Have to do a better job in the
morning, Tenel Ka thought as she pushed the vibrator underneath
her pillow. Satisfied, the Hapan Queen drifted off to sleep.

* * * * *

Tenel
Ka awoke the next morning to the sound of her door chime. Reaching
out with the Force, she sensed Ducha Mi'riam and Lady Galney waiting
outside her chambers.

“Come
in,” Tenel Ka called before she was fully awake.

“Good
morning, Your Majesty,” Ducha Mi'riam said as the two walked
in.

Still
groggy, Tenel Ka tried to throw her blanket off her. The heavy
durasteel shackle on her wrist stopped the motion short.

With
the Force Tenel Ka was awake in an instant. The startled Jedi
started to sit up, only to be jerked back down by the leash running
from the bedpost to the collar around her neck.

“Kriff!”
Tenel Ka yelled in pain as she dropped
back to the bed.

“Are
you okay, Your Majesty?” a concerned Lady Galney asked, as the
two noblewomen rushed to her side.

“Fine,”
Tenel Ka replied, annoyed with herself.

Lady
Galney quickly unlocked the leash from the bedpost, while Ducha
Mi'riam pulled the bed covers off the Queen.

“What’s
this?” Ducha Mi'riam asked as she picked up the vibrator
sticking out from underneath the pillow.

“Hey!”
Tenel Ka said as she reached out to snatch the vibrator from
Mi'riam's hand. Once again the chain running from her belt to her
wrist shackle stopped her short. “Give me that!” she
shouted as the two noblewomen giggled.

“If
you needed some companionship, Your Majesty, we could have had one of
your guards in to take care of you,” Lady Galney said as she
held the Queen's leash.

Tenel
Ka blushed with embarrassment. She had always kept her masturbation
habits secret, even from her closest advisors.

“Or
maybe more than one, Your Majesty,” Ducha Mi'riam added with a
smile as she held the black vibrator up.

“Give
it to me,” Tenel Ka asked, a note of pleading in her voice.

“Of
course, Your Majesty. I'd be happy to give it to you,” Ducha
Mi'riam replied. Then she glanced at Lady Galney, and added, “Open
wide,” as she dodged the Queen's restrained hand and pushed the
vibrator towards her pussy.

Tenel
Ka deftly twisted aside as she used the Force to snatch the vibrator
out of her hand.

“Now
unlock me, so I can go to the refresher,” Tenel Ka instructed
them.

The
two noblewomen promptly released their Queen, and Tenel Ka headed to
the 'fresher.

When
Tenel Ka came back into the room, Lady Galney and Ducha Mi'riam were
sitting calmly on the couch. Both smiled slightly when they saw
their Queen. Tenel Ka was pretty sure what they were happy about.
In the 'fresher, she had stripped off her nightie, and now she was
standing before them wearing only the moth-fiber panties.

“So,
what should I wear today, Ladies?” Tenel Ka asked them as she
posed with her hand on her hip.

Lady
Galney and Ducha Mi'riam wasted no time in getting
their Queen into another skimpy moth-fiber dress. First came the
half-cup bra, tiny panties, garter-belt
and stockings, all in white. Then a bright white moth-fiber dress.
Another pair of white platform sandals, with fifteen-centimeter
heels, went on her feet.
Once the Queen's hair and makeup was complete, the two noblewomen
locked the shackles back onto Tenel Ka's limbs.

The
Queen, along with her advisors and guards, spent most of the day in
the dungeons. Since Tenel Ka had another mid-morning meeting
scheduled, a conference table was set up in the slave processing
room. Some of the Queen's advisors hadn't seen her in the practice
shackles yet. They all applauded her as she shuffled in, and told
her how wonderful what she was doing was, as well as how great she
looked in the shackles. Once
the Queen was comfortably seated, she called the meeting to order.
Then the group spent nearly the next two hours discussing the state
of the Consortium.

Tenel
Ka was surprised at how smoothly the meeting went. They covered more
business in one two-hour session than they had in the previous three.
Usually her advisors all presented their own ideas and plans, and
Tenel Ka had to decide which plan, or combination of plans was best.
Then she would have to end their debates, and impose a decision,
often leaving her advisors quite upset. This time though, all of her
advisors seemed a lot more relaxed and happy during the meeting, and
with the results.

That
night, no one even asked Tenel Ka if she would be wearing the
shackles to bed again. After all, tomorrow was the big day!

The
next morning Lady Galney and Ducha Mi'riam woke the Queen up early,
to prepare her for her first official appearance in the complete
Hapan Crown Jewels. Several hours later, they were ready. Tenel Ka
was wearing the most ornate Royal dress, including her Crown.

Carefully,
Duchas Mi'riam and Mai'ggi locked the complete set of Crown Jewels
onto their Queen. After nearly two straight days wearing the heavier
practice shackles, Tenel Ka was surprised at how light the beskar
cuffs felt on her limbs. Once the final preparations were made to
Tenel Ka, and the last minute details that pop up with any Royal
appearance were handled, Lady Galney announced that they were ready.

Nervously,
Tenel Ka shuffled into the auditorium. As soon as the spotlights
found her the crowd erupted into thunderous applause.

The
crowd cheered their Queen for several minutes, then Tenel Ka gave a
few words. The whole thing couldn't have lasted more than five or
six minutes.

“That
was great!” Tenel Ka exclaimed once she was surrounded by her
advisors, and out of the public eye. “I can't believe how much
everyone loved me!” she added.

“Yes
Your Majesty, we knew they would, but not this much,” Lady
Galney replied excitedly as they escorted her back to the Royal
chambers.

Tenel
Ka spent the next several days wearing the practice shackles. Five
days after her first public appearance in the complete Hapan Crown
Jewels, she made another one, once again to much celebration.

After
the Queen's second public appearance, her advisors suggested that she
could probably cut back on wearing the practice shackles all the
time. Maybe just wear them a few hours a day or something like that.
The Queen politely declined, without giving a reason.

During the next
few weeks, Tenel Ka also began spending a lot of time in the
dungeons. Of course, that meant her advisors and guards had to spend
a lot of time there as well. The guards didn't mind at all. Their
uniforms kept them warm in the cool dungeons, and we could see the
gleam in their eyes as they watched their Queen shuffle around in her
shackles.

Nearly a month
after her first appearance, the Queen donned the complete set of
Hapan Crown Jewels once again. This time we had a surprise ready for
her.

Since Tenel Ka
had lost her left arm above the elbow, and refused to have an
artificial replacement, we had been locking the loose wrist cuff to
the belt of the Crown Jewels. That left the stump of her left arm
free, which detracted from the appearance of the Queen Mother, and
the Crown Jewels.

So
this time as we locked the Crown Jewels onto her, there were upper
arm shackles for the Queen's biceps. The additions were each
attached to the rest of the Crown Jewels by a chain underneath her
breasts and locked to the chain going from her collar to her belt.
Another chain went around her back, pulling her arms tight against
her sides.

We
were surprised how much the Queen liked her new shackles, even when
we informed her that they were made of a highly polished durasteel
alloy, and not beskar, like the rest of the Crown Jewels.

The
Hapan people loved the updated Crown Jewels. They loved how the
Queen looked wearing them too. Of course Tenel Ka insisted that the
practice shackles have the new bicep cuffs as well.

Meetings
in the dungeons were a common occurrence now. Within a few days of
adding the bicep cuffs, we had to install a computer terminal in her
dungeon cell for Tenel Ka. Seems Her Majesty didn't want to waste
half-an-hour shuffling to her quarters just to check the Royal email.
Soon after that most of the Queen's advisors stopped going to the
dungeons except for the meetings.

We
all expected the Queen to quickly grow bored, and either start
summoning us back down there, or start coming back into the palace
proper. Neither happened. Ducha Mi'riam and Lady Galney stopped by
to check on her every evening, but otherwise left her in the care of
the Royal Guards. Somehow though, none of the female guards were
ever assigned to dungeon duty.

With
a computer terminal in her cell, the Queen hardly ever left the
dungeons. She even took to showering in the slave processing area,
while her Guards happily looked on.

Of
course by this time rumors were rampant around the Queen's court.
Most of us still admired her dedication to the Hapan culture, but we
still wondered why she insisted on living in the dungeons. Strangely
though, Tenel Ka was as commanding as ever during the meetings,
whether the subject was the deployment of the Battle Dragon fleet, or
the selection of artwork for the palace.

Not
long after the computer terminal was installed in the dungeons, we
noticed that the Queen started being very careful when she sat down
for the meetings.

“Are
you okay, Your Majesty?” several of us asked with concern.

Tenel
Ka glanced at the guard that had brought her to the meeting, then
replied embarrassingly, “I'm fine, just a little sore is all.”

We
all exchanged puzzled glances. We had a pretty good idea how the
Queen's bottom got to be sore. Oh well, she wasn't the first Queen
Mother to have a little fun with the Royal Guardsmen. When the
meeting was over, the guard did pull the Queen's leash a little
harshly though.

By
the end of the week Ducha Mi'riam had the Queen's servants put dust
covers on all her furniture and close the Royal quarters, since Tenel
Ka wasn't using them anymore. The same was done for the Queen's
Royal gym, dining room and other areas reserved for the Queen Mother.

Nearly
a month passed without the Queen leaving the dungeons. The only
thing she wore to the meetings was a tiny gray shift, with nothing
but strings tying the sides together. It looked like something that
could easily be taken off the Queen while she was still shackled.

Finally
it all came to an end. One night we all went to sleep knowing that
the Queen Mother was securely shackled and safely locked away in the
Royal dungeons. The next morning we awoke to the news that Duchas
Mai'ggi and Lei'ssa had been killed during an attempt on the Queen
Mother's life.

Apparently
Tenel Ka had convinced them of her vulnerability by being shackled
all the time. The two noblewomen, along with a couple dozen of their
loyal guards, stormed the dungeons in a coup attempt.

Instead
of a shackled and helpless Queen Mother, they found a Jedi Knight
waiting for them. There were also quite a few more Royal guardsmen
fighting alongside the Queen than the Duchas had expected.

That
day the Queen Mother made another appearance in the complete Hapan
Crown Jewels. As we were preparing her, Lady Galney asked Tenel Ka
how she knew about Duchas Mai'ggi and Lei'ssa's coup attempt.

“Let's
just say that I suspected that something was going on. Of course, if
I knew exactly who was involved, I wouldn't have let it go that far,”
she replied after a few moments' consideration.

Lady
Galney glanced at several of us, then said, “Forgive me, Your
Majesty, we thought you were spending your nights in the dungeons
shackled and. . . amusing yourself with your guards.”

“That's
what I wanted everyone to think,” Tenel Ka said. The she
grinned evilly and added, “Although I managed to find some time
for that, as well.”

We
all laughed at the Queen's wit, and continued the preparations for
her official appearance. A few minutes later, as I was locking the
collar of the Crown Jewels around her neck, I almost asked her if she
knew that it was believed that beskar couldn't even be cut by a
lightsaber. As the collar clicked shut I decided not to bring it up.
Knowledge is power, after all.

To
our disappointment, after the Queen's appearance that day she started
dressing in her Dathomir lizard-hide again.

This
time Tenel Ka did add a few new items to her wardrobe though. For
one, the height of her heels got higher, up to eight to fifteen
centimeters on most of her footwear. Another thing was that the
Queen still wore the Selab moth-fiber underthings that we had
encouraged her to wear for her appearances. Of course most Hapans
didn't know this, only her closest advisors, and the servants that
did the Royal laundry.

The
most noticeable change in the Queen's wardrobe was the gleaming
durasteel jewelry that she started wearing. Ten centimeter wide
bands were always present around her upper arms. On her wrist she
started wearing some combination of a wide durasteel cuff and bangle
bracelets. As the Queen only had one hand, we had to assist her in
decorating her wrist on a daily basis.

The
Queen would also wear durasteel cuffs around her ankles, almost
always hidden by her pants legs or the hem of her dress. While in
the palace, and occasionally outside of it, she would also wear a
gleaming silver durasteel collar locked around her throat. Soon the
Queen's jewelry was in several colors, to match any outfit.

Traditionally,
the Queen Mother was a trend-setter fashion-wise in the Consortium.
Even before her worries about her image, a small minority of Hapans
had started to wear some lizard-hide style clothes. After her
appearances in the complete set of Hapan Crown Jewels, Tenel Ka was
much more popular as a Queen Mother, and hence, much more of a
trend-setter.

Faux
lizard-hide became all the rage in the Consortium. Most Hapan women
caught on to the fact that the Queen's taste in Jewelry was inspired
by the Crown Jewels, but gleaming durasteel cuffs, bracelets and
collars became popular as well.

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